Azebane Changed Rules
Rules that are added or changed from official or pre-written homebrew for balance or lore reasons.
Backgrounds
Banned Backgrounds
Backgrounds that give feats (Astral Drifter, Ruined, etc) and/or additional spells (Simic Scientist, Witherbloom Student, etc) can be picked but will also count as the characters level 1 feat. Picking those and just not taking the feat/expanded spells is also allowed.
Classes
Barbarian Rage
You regain one use of your rage on a short rest. When you rage, choose on damage time from acide, cold, fire, lightning and poison. You resist that damage type as well.
Warlock
You automatically know all spells on your subclass Expanded Spell List
Warlock: Pact of the Blade
Use Charisma for attack and damage rolls using your Pact Weapon
Subclasses
Bear Totem Barbarian
You resist acid, cold, fire lightning and poison damage when raging and no longer have to choose a damage type to resist
Banned Subclasses
Bard Eloquence, Twilight & Peace Cleric, Hexblade Warlock
Spells
Banned Spells
Silvery Barbs
Dream of the Blue Veil
Changed to allow transport to other Material Worlds instead of other crystal spheres.
Clone
The clone cannot be younger than the target, will age alongside the target unless precautions are taken otherwise, will not resurrect creatures that die from old age. Using the clone spell will also permanently reduce the hit dice of the target by 4 and their max hp by an amount equal to 4 rolls of their hit dice.
Races
Banned
Variant Human, Tasha's Custom Lineage
Custom or Modified Races
Google Doc for Modified Races or Additional Subraces
Mindflayer
The Devour brain ability works like this instead of what is in the PDF
Large Player Races
Large races have to pay more for armor due to the added cost of needing more material to craft it. Prices are doubled for all armor and shields. During character creation, all large sized characters have their Strength score increased by 2 and their Dexterity decreased by 2. The following races are considered large sized:
- Centaur from Monsters of the Multiverse
- Loxodon from Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica
- Saurian Lizardfolk from Variant Lizardfolk
- Rekeno (older than 500) from Blue's Book
- Dreadnaught from Blue's Book
- Half Giant from Abi-Dalzim's
- Myconid (Growth Meld) from Abi-Dalzim's
- Highbreed from my Custom Races
- Detrovite from my Custom Races
Items
Moonblade
Rarity is artifact instead of Legendary
Feats
Fighting Initiate
Cannot be taken if you have a Martial Archetype. A character can only have one Martial Archetype.
Great Weapon Master (Heroic Fighter)
Does not grant an additional attack upon a critical hit if the attack is a critical hit due to a conditon such as paralyzed or unconcious.
General Rules
Potions
All Potions are one Bonus Action to consume. You can use your action to feed a healing potion to another character or heal yourself for the maximum amount.